““You know what things. By now you of all people should know.” Silence. “Why are you telling me all this?” “Because I thought you should know.” “Because you thought I should know.” He repeated my words slowly, trying to take in their full meaning, all the while sorting them out, playing for time by repeating the words. The iron, I knew, was burning hot. “Because I want you to know,” I blurted out. “Because there is no one else I can say it to but you.” There, I had said it.””
